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GRAIN DRILL.

No. 253,891. Patented Peb. 21,1882.

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GRAIN DRLL.

Patented Feb. 21,1882.

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PATENT; OFFICE...

GEORGE w. RUDE, JOHN E, EUDE, AND seinen B. EUDE, or LIBERTY, IND.

GRAIN- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,891, dated February 21, 1882. Y Application iled September 9, 1881. (No model.) Y

county of Union and Statel of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful -Imprcvements in Grain-Drills; and we do hereby declare the'followin g to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichtt appertains to make and use the same, Areference being had to the accompanying. drawings, and to letters or gures of reference marked thereon,

which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to that-class of graindrills in which the drag-bars with their hoes are attached alternately to transverse parallel bars arranged at the front part ot' the frame ot the implement, and the hoes are capable of be` i'ng shifted from a straightl to a zigzag line,

orvice-versa, so as to form either a single or double rank of hoes.

Our invention consists in the transverse bars located at the front end of the frame, arranged in dierent horizontal 1)la1ies,oiieof.which has anovel movementto wit, in the arc of a ein.

cle-and carrying drag-barsand lioesand mechanical means for actuatingthern in opposite directions for adjusting the hoes.

Our invention further consists in providing one ofthe transverse bars with an operating-lever and an automatic locking and a releasing device, in combination with the other transverse bar provided with a notch-segment.

Our invention further consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, as will behereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In theaccompanying drawings,Figure1rep resent-s a perspective .view of a well-known grain-drill with the near wheel removed and having our improvements attached. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the machine, showing the hoes in double rank; and Fig. 3 is aseetional view of the machine, showing fully the shifting mechanism. Figsd and5 are detail views.

The letter A represents the frame-work of a well-known force-feed grain-drill mounted on supporting-wheels B, and carrying the seedhopper C and the fertilizer-hoppers for discharging their materials into the conductorE,

provided with the hose or tube communicating ,with the hoe F, substantially as shownin Fig. '3 of the drawings.

At the front end of the frame are different horizontal planes, and to the rear portion of each are connected in the well-known manner the drag-bars K, carrying ,atY their outer or extreme ends the pivoted hoes F,

which are also sustained in'postion by means Yof wooden break-pins a, as shown.

At the outer ends of the fronttransverse bar J are rmly secured overhanging brackets L, which engage with the bell-cranklevers M, attached to the inner surfaces of the sidebars of the frame, so as to work on an axis, andi-:ach is formed with a slot, b, and pin c, as` seenv in Fig. 3 of the drawings. Thescbell-cranklevers are arranged and journaled in .such manner to the side bars of the frame that the pin orstud c of each lever will engage with an opening or its equivalent at theupper end of the curved arm L ofthe transverse bar J, andthe slot b -of each -to engage with a stud or pin, d, ar-

bar, J, about midway of its length and Vadjaf cent to the rack P, is secured rmly a lever, R, the side ot' which adjacent to the rack P is provided with a casing, S, containing a bolt, j', and a coiled spring, h, surrounding the same. The upper end of this holt f is formed with a loop or other means, to which is attacheda connecting-rod, T, attached to a fulcrum-lever,l U, at the upper end of the handle R, as shown in the drawings. ,f

The object of the casing S,with its adjuncts arranged over the rack or the notched arm P, is to thrustautomatically the spring-bolt f into one of the notches of the rack and hold the' p suitablyarranged the transverse shifting-bars I JA in- IOO hoes firmly in the single or double rank; also, these devices permit the zigzag order of the hoes to be greater or less, to suit the condition of the soil or rubbish on the iield.

It will be observed, by reference to Figs. l and 2 of the drawings, that the drag-bars are alternately attached to the front and rear shifting-bars, (one half to the front and the other half to the rear shifting-bar,) und are of such length that when the drag-bars are close together, as seen in Fig. l,the hoes will be in a single rank to be shifted to a double rank.

To change the hoes from a single 1rank or a straight line to azigzag ordouble rank, as seen in Fig. 2, the lever E and the fulcrum-leverU are grasped by the driver on the machine, and by drawing the upper portion ofthe lever U inward to the lever R, so as to assume a vertical line, or nearly so, the connecting-rod T withdraws the spring-bolt f from its notch in -the rack, and when so released the lever R,

. with its attachments, is drawn inward, thus shifting the front transverse bar, J, forward and upward in the arc ot' a circle and the rear transverse bar, I, backward in a horizontalrdirection, thereby shifting the order of the hoes alternately, in which position they are locked by the driver removing his hand, and the spring-bolt dropping automatically into therecess or notch oftherack-bar immediately under.

The advantages of ranking the hoes are weil known to those skilled in the art, and itis not deemed essential to repeat them herein; but the employment of a locking device, and especially one oi'- the automatic class, is important, since the hoes are locked in their position f and displacement of lthe ranks prevented. The automatic adjustment is accomplished 'without the driver leaving his seat.

We reserve the right to vary the construction of the shifting mechanism andthe castings without departing from the spirit of the invention hereinbe'ore described.

It is obvious that our improvements are applicable to seeding-machines of a dierent construction.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a grain-drill, a shifting-bar having attached ythereto directly an operating-lever arranged at thefrontendot the frame and means for actuatinga spring-bolt, in combination with a parallel transverse shiftingbar provided with a rack to receive the spring-bolt of the lever, substantially as described.

2. In a grain-drill, the combination of two parallel shifting-bars, one of which is provided with a curved barhavinga plurality of notches, and the other provided with a hand-lever and an automatic spring-bolt for engaging with the notches of the curved bar, vto Secure la lock, substantially as described.

3. In a grain-drill, the combination of two parallel shifting-bars arranged in different horizontal planes, whereby one of the bars has in its shifting movement-a compound motion, as described, and for .the purpose set forth.

4. In a grain-drill, the rearshifting-.bar provided vvith the notched curved arm and .the front shiftingbar provided with the handlever and side casing containing a spring-bolt, with means for withdrawing the boltfrom its en gagement, substantially in the manner as described.

5. 4In a grain-drill, the combination, with the operatingdever R, of the bellcrank lever M,

yconnecting-rod T, and spring-bolt f, inclosed ina casing, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof weaiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. RUDE.

JOHN R.. RUDE. .SQUIRE B. RUDE Witnesses:

GEO. BUTLER., JAMES J. MILLER. 

